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Speaker of the house, but what does he have to show for it? the california republicans quest for the gavel has comes at a steep cost. a new rules package scheduled for a vote tomorrow includes a measure that will allow a single man ever to have a motion to vacate the speakership. it also makes it harder for lawmakers to raise spending, taxes, and the debt limit is. if the package does pass. mccarthy will take office as the weakest speaker in modern american history. let us sink in for a moment. ...

Individual appropriations, that never happened. so i think people on both sides of the aisle are going to look back at this and say alleluia, these people stood up so that we can have a more normal process in every member. wherever they are in the pecking order of seniority can participate in the process. those are all really good thin things. shannon: we are talking about things balancing the budget. broader themes sound good. is there anything in the new rules package of the deal thats made yo...

So my first question for you is will you vote for this rules package and do you expect that it will pass today? >> first let me say had it not been for a small group of republicans from new york, including myself, we would still be here today without a speaker. we refused to adjourn, we stood up to leadership and said we are not having this anymore, we need to get this figured out when it was down to just those six members who had been holding out. im glad that we kept the rolls open, it gave th...

The debt limit. he knows its an uphill battle and its going to be a challenge because of the concessions he made but also because the house caucus made it very clear they have tupper hand and they know he needs the votes. >> this is sort of a critical week for him. theyve got to decide on a rules package. those rules roll over year after year. we know they want to bring bills to the familiar targeting texas, irs, abortion, energy, and they want two, one on the chinese communist party and one foc...

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A vote on the yes -- a vote yes on this rules package does not cut a single dollar from our nations defense, but i would also say this. >> that would be one -- >> were trillions of dollars in debt, and if were not willing to look at every major expense of this country to see how we can do better, shame on us. >> when you say it was kind of part of the conversation, this is one those handshake deals that melanie mentioned. apparently, and this is what i learned from the conversation that jake tap...

Concerned about the concessions that you cut particularly on vac at ating the chair. the speaker didnt answer that. he hasnt in the passed when ive asked him about this specific issue. about allowing one member of the house to essentially call for the speakers oust. he has said hes not afraid of that. he said bring -- hell be able to survive this if it were to come to pass. he was asked late friday night after he secured the votes for the speakership whether or not he could maintain and keep his...

>> first of all, lets understand that this is not a rules package. that is a summary of a hostage note. this is a list of concessions that kevin mccarthy had to make to liberate himself and become speaker. the minority does have tools, but its -- you know, i was in the majority, i was in the minority. i was in the leadership. those cools will be wielded effectively by hakeem jeffries but its not -- it false to the republicans to govern. after the election, we knew we had divided government. its ...

Caucus chair to that stature. and now everything lives on this margin of five votes. so kevin has to find the goldie lox complain on everything and he is not going to be able to do that. he will have to work on question thats refuses to work with, and caucus will see the inability to move forward. >> and even if moderates go along with the rules package, but then you have all these other things that were pushed hard by the far right, they include according to your reporting tightening abortion r...

Majority leader steve scalise. this has been in effect for 150 years. so shouldnt be a concern. id prefer it to be 50 plus one on the conference side. but i think its going to be fine. mccarthys going to have to just deal with that. look, it really brings a high level of accountability. everybodys voice on the republican side is going to make a difference. and as you can see we have a pretty diverse group. a lot of this could have gotten done without a lot of the drama. but the main provisions o...